Jim Johnson (right-handed pitcher)
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| Baltimore Orioles – No. 43 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: June 27, 1983 Johnson City, New York |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 29, 2006 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Win-Loss | 13-17 |
| Earned run average | 3.31 |
| Strikeouts | 168 |
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James Robert "Jim" Johnson (born June 27, 1983) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. Johnson was born in Johnson City, New York.
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[edit] Early life
Johnson was born in Johnson City, New York. He was raised in Endicott, New York and graduated from Union Endicott High School in 2001 along with Chris Riley, when he was signed by Orioles scout Jim Howard. His nickname is "J.J."
[edit] Baseball career
He began the 2008 season in the Triple-A Norfolk Tides starting rotation, but was called up to the Orioles on April 12. Pitching middle and late relief, he ran up 18 consecutive scoreless innings before giving up a 10th inning run to Oakland on May 5.[1]
He became the interim closer when George Sherrill went on the DL on August 19, 2008.[2]
Johnson has been affectionately referred to as "Nails" by the Orioles fanbase as his relief appearances often "drive the nails into the coffin" of opposing teams' scoring attempts.
Johnson was given the closer role on July 30, 2009 when George Sherrill was traded to the Dodgers. However with the signing of Mike Gonzalez, he will most likely return to the set-up role for the 2010 season. Late in the 2011 season, Johnson shared the closer role with Kevin Gregg.
On January 16, 2012, Johnson signed a one-year deal worth $2.625 million, avoiding arbitration.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-orioles807,0,1801755.story
- ^ http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080819&content_id=3333336&vkey=pr_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal
- ^ Connolly, Dan (January 16, 2012). "Twitter". Baltimore Sun. https://twitter.com/#!/danconnollysun/status/159114864286117889.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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